Classification of the Pyralidx. 137 
acuminate ; maxillary palpi long and dilated with scales at 
extremity ; frons rounded; antennz slightly annulated; legs 
long, the tibix smooth with the spurs almost equal ; wings very 
long and narrow. Forewing with veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell ; 
Evistena postalbalis, 2, 2 (from Moths Ind., vol. iv.). 
7 straight and well separated from 8, 9,10. Hindwing with the 
cell about half the length of wing ; vein 3 from angle ; 4,5 ona 
long stalk; 6,7 from upper angle, 7 anastomosing with 8 almost 
to apex. 
Type. (1). tERIsTeNa posraLBais, Hmpsn., Ill. Het., 
ix., p. 175, pl. 174, fig. 3 ‘ ; . Ceylon. 
(2). ERISTENA MURINALIS, Warr., A. M. N. H. 
(6); xvii) P50) ; ; : . Khasis. 
Genus ARXAMA. 
Areama, Wik., xxxiv., 1183 (1865). 
Palpi upturned widely in front of head, very long, the 2nd and 
3rd joints each about 24 times length of head, the 2nd fringed 
with scales below, the 3rd naked and acuminate ; maxillary palpi 
dilated with scales; frons rounded ; antennz annulate; tibis with 
A pm 9799) y Bg 
Arzama subcervinalis, 4, 4. 
the spurs long and equal. Forewing with veins 3, 4, 5 well 
separated at origin ; 6 from below angle of cell; 7 from angle ; 
8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 free. Hindwing with veins 3, 4 from angle 
of cell; 5 from near middle of discocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper 
angle, 7 anastomosing with 8 to two-thirds of wing. 
